Composer: Leoš Janáček
Performer: Amanda Majeski, Katarina Dalayman, Simon O’Neill, Andrew Staples, Magdalena Kozená, Ladislav Elgr, Pavlo Hunka
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: LSO Live
Catalogue: LSO0889
Release: 2024
Size: 3.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Katya Kabanova, JW I / 8
CD 01
Act I Scene 1
01. Introduction
02. “Zázrak!”
03. “Přišel jsi sem lelky chytat?”
04. “Je baryňa doma?”
05. “Co pak je?”
06. “A potom běž domů”
07. Intermezzo I
Act I Scene 2
08. “Víš co mi napadlo?”
09. “Zdráva…”
10. “Ale nač tobě to vykládám?”
11. “Což pak už mne nemáš rád?”
12. “Abych ani otce”
CD 02
Act II Scene 1
01. “Vida, chvástala jsi se”
02. “Půjdu též se projít”
03. “Nic zvláštního, jenom jsem trochu nachmelen”
Act II Scene 2
04. Introduction
05. “Nikoho tu není!”
06. “Za vodou, za vodičkou”
07. “Jste to vy, Katěrino Petrovno?”
08. “Nuže, shodli jste se?”
09. “Choď si, dívka, do času”
Act III Scene 1
10. Introduction – “Krápe!”
11. “Celého mne to pokropilo”
12. “Pssst! Pssst! Zdá se, že je to on!”
13. “Tu jdou! Maminka jde s nimi!”
Act III Scene 2
14. “Ach Glašo!”
15. “Vidět se s ním”
16. “Proč se tak chovají?”
17. “Ale smrt nepřichází”
18. “Svedl nás Bůh!”
19. “Ale ne!”
20. “Ptáčci přiletí na mohylu”
The second release in LSO Live’s cycle of Janáček opera recordings, Katya Kabanova tells a story of love, entrapment and, ultimately, tragedy. The album’s cast includes the superb tenor Simon O’Neill and, appearing in one of her signature roles as seen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Amanda Majeski as Katya.
“Majeski gives such heartfelt commitment to the role of Katya that one worries how she can come back down from the emotional peaks and precipices that she scales.” – Opera Today
Katya is young, sensitive, and desperate for love. But trapped in a remote country village with a bored husband and his snobbish family, she has no way out, until a summer thunderstorm changes everything. Uncompromisingly honest, and pulsing with intensely human emotion, the story of Katya Kabanova is written in music that cuts straight to the chase. The LSO’s concert stagings of classic operas always make headlines: and this one was no different. Enjoy this recording, captured live at the Barbican in January 2023 under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle.